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Feature film — 1991

Only Yesterday (1991)

7.41h 59mAnimation — Drama

In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.

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A high-signal pick with 1,313 votes.

Studio Ghibli / Tokuma Shoten / Nippon Television Network Corporation / Hakuhodo

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Director: Isao Takahata

On screen

Cast & crew

Miki Imai as Taeko Okajima (voice)

Miki Imai

Taeko Okajima (voice)

Yoko Honna as Taeko Okajima as a Fifth Grader (voice)

Yoko Honna

Taeko Okajima as a Fifth Grader (voice)

Toshiro Yanagiba as Toshio (voice)

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshio (voice)

Yorie Yamashita as Nanako Okajima (voice)

Yorie Yamashita

Nanako Okajima (voice)

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Yuki Minowa

Yaeko Okajima (voice)

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Masahiro Ito

Taeko's Father (voice)

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Michie Terada

Taeko's Mother (voice)

Chie Kitagawa as Taeko's Grandmother (voice)

Chie Kitagawa

Taeko's Grandmother (voice)

Mayumi Izuka as Tsuneko Tani (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Tsuneko Tani (voice)

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Mei Oshitani

Aiko (voice)

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Megumi Komine

Toko (voice)

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Sachiyo Takizawa

Rie (voice)

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